India, May 2 -- When it comes to data analytics in the enterprise, SAS has pretty much always been among the top players. Its customers are in the big league, too: Bank of America, Honda, and Nestle, for instance. SAS claims that it works with 94% of Fortune 100 companies in some capacity. Gartner classifies SAS as a "Leader" in data science and machine learning platforms.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies are among the hottest identified by top companies for investment over the next several years. Gartner's 2018 CIO survey showed that only 4% of CIOs have implemented AI, but that 46% have developed plans to implement it. It's an environment that would seem like it should be driving a gold rush for SAS. Yet it is no...